I've Been Done with Evil Cultivation for Years

The evil cultivator Mo Huan, who has lived for ten thousand years, goes incognito on Earth and runs a little hole-in-the-wall shop, happily tossing food in a wok. When the bizarre world descends and agents from the Seventh Bureau arrive with their credentials, he is using Sichuan peppercorns and star anise to form a trap for vengeful spirits. One sweep of his spatula, and he is serving up an evil-cultivator take on “braised evil spirits.” An official report reads: “The target exorcised vicious fiends with braised dishes and purified a domain with pickled fish soup...” Amid the apocalypse, Mo Huan surveys the world with a cleaver in hand. “I don’t care what kind of evil god you are. Once you’re in my wok, you’re an ingredient!” (True stories of exorcism from the tip of the tongue, plus a guide to how an evil-cultivator gourmet saves the world.)